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Missing woman found shot to death in container near river, police say

TROY, Vt. (WCAX/Gray News) - Police say the body of the missing woman from Vermont was found dead in a container on a riverbank. Vermont State Police say the body of 29-year-old Kayla Wright of Derby, was discovered Tuesday inside a large container on a sand bar in the Missisquoi River. The container was found in the area of Big Falls of Missisquoi State Park on River Road. Police also say she was shot to death. Law enforcement had been searching in that area for Wright, who was reported missing...

Missing Vermont woman found shot to death

A Vermont woman, who was reported missing Saturday, was found shot to death just days later, according to police. Vermont State Police received a report Tuesday around 1 p.m. of a human body found inside a large container on a sand bar in the Missisquoi River near Big Falls of Missiquoi State Park in Troy, a release noted. On Wednesday afternoon, the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington conducted an autopsy and confirmed the identity of the body as 29-year-old Kayla Wright, a Derby resident who had last been seen...